Six persons, including five women in their early 20s, were injured when some unidentified persons allegedly threw some chemical, supposedly acid, at them from a moving taxi last night at Panditia Road in the southern part of the city, police said today.
The victims were passersby and the incident took place around 9.30 pm last night, the police said.
Locals chased the yellow taxi but the riders including the driver escaped leaving the vehicle behind, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
"They (people in the car) attacked the people indiscriminately and randomly and no one was the target, in particular," he added.
Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (South) Meeraj Khalid said, "We have intercepted the taxi. A case has been lodged at Rabindra Sarovar police station. We are talking to the witnesses and the victims. We will soon arrest the culprits."
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